v WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE HISTORY, PHENOMENA, PHILOSOPHY, AND TEACHINGS OF

SPIRITUALISM.So. 100.— VOL. I I I .] L O N D O N , M A R C H 1, 1872 . [ P r i c e On e P e n n y .

MEDIUMS AND M E D IU M SniP.By T. R. H a za r d .

(From the “ Banner of Light.")“ Thou slialt not sutler a witch to live.’’

Tlu’abore “ thus saith the Lord ” is said to have been the mouth of Moses of the Pentateuch."

The following, of like import, is from the “ North-western Depart ment. \V. F. Jamieson, editor," of the paper published by Moses of the

•• Mediums v. Impostors.—One of the best physical mediums in the United States told me he knew that a certain dark-circle medium (so called) was an impostor, for he saw him clairvoyantly perform the tricks which he palmed off on the public as spiritual. I asked him why he did not advertise him as a humbug, inasmuch as every impostor cast suspicion on truemediums. I trust the self-styled ‘defenders of me diums ' will make a note of his answer. He said, 1 Should I do so, the Spiritualists would denounce me and charge me with trying to build myself up by pulling another medium down.’

" He was correct about the result, for it has been verified in dozens of cases. In order to escape the storm of misrepresentation which some of us hare encountered, he bowed bis bead in silence while fraud was per petrated in bis very presence.”

And this, in like vein, is from the pen of the editor of the Golden Age. in reply to an invitation from John Gage to attend the late con vention of Spiritualists from Yineland :—

“ My F r ie n d ,—I thank you for asking me to attend your convention. Many labours keep me at my office desk. The phenomena of Spirit ualism have interested me greatly. But I have had bad luck with mediums. Sooner or later, nearly all of them (in sitting with me) have exhibited traces of impostors and cheats. Thus I have known a medium w! o. after the manifestation of genuine marvels, such as would impress and satisfy the most sceptical inquirer, has condescended to the pretty trickery of producing raps with his hand, and of moving a table with his foot. There is so much that is genuine, cheering, and magnificent in the better and higher phenomena of Spiritualism, that my blood grows hot with indignation at the insincerity of mediums who will use the nios': sacred of facts as the warp and wocf of the meanest of deceits. You ask me to send a sentiment. I would like to send it in the form of a scourge to drive out the profaners of the temple. I hope you will pass a resolution whipping the rogues who steal the livery of Spiritualism to serve their devilish selves therewith. By as much as I love truth, so much do I hate fraud. My experience with Spiritualism teaches me that, as it is ordinarily seen in the performances of mediums, it is about one half truth and the other half humbug.—I am, yours frankly, Th e o d o r e T il t o n -.”

And this ditto upon witches comprises the comments of the editor of the Present Age on his of the Golden Age letter :—

“ We like these plain, honest words, and we think there are few indeed, alter such an experience, would form a more favourable opinion of the genuineness of manifestations than is here expressed by Mr. Tilton. His experience has been like thousands of others, but we are glad to record the fact in his own words, that he has not, like many investigators, upon the first discovery of fraud, pronounced all medium- ship a humbug. Notwithstanding his discouraging experience, he be lieves, if we do not misapprehend him, that one half of the intelligence coming through sincere mediums is, as it purports to bo, from the spirit-

I through the possession of too much of the fancied “ knowledge that puffeth up." I suppose that the dogma of “ Moses of the Pentateuch ”

! was inspired by design, and from a determination on his part that I no witch, or wizard, or prophet (for they are all the same) should be ! permitted to encroach upon his assumed prerogative of divination. This

poken from i has been the ecclesiastical idea that has always been enforced by the , orthodox priests, so far as they had or now have the power to persecute the mediumistic successors of the prophets of old, although they cannot at present put them to death as they did Joan of Arc and thousands of others a few score years ago. The will, however, doubtless remains the same; and should the present clerical conspirators succeed in establishing their proposed theocracy in the United States, it is not only possible but probable that the attempt will be again made to enforce the law of Moses against “ spirit mediums,” as in the days of “ Salem witchcraft." These conspirators err not so much from ignorance or want of experience as through design (coupled, perhaps, with a great lack of discretion); and it would be a mere waste of words to seek to restrain them by arguments or appeals addressed to their reason or consciences. Such as they have ever depended for support upon the power that wields the sword, and can only be kept down when it is held in opposing hands between them and their coveted victims. So with men of science (falsely so called). These are most always too full of themselves and their fancied supe riority and knowledge to learn anything outside of their own schools.As a class, they are spitefully opposed to all spirit phenomena, and would doubtless, should the priests succeed in establishing their Mosaic theocracy, willingly stand by and consent to the imprisonment or death at their hands of every medium in the land, as Saul of Tarsus did to that of Stephen but a short time before the “ knowledge that puffeth up ” was so effectually knocked out of him by a spirit manifestation too unmistakable to he resisted, through which he was made physically blind, that he might be enabled spiritually to see—a fact that some of our learned savants should “ make a note of.” These belong to the order of Scribes and Pharisees, that Jesus of Nazareth never sought, either by word or spirit manifestation, to convince, well knowing that any attempt to reform or enlighten them would be but waste of time, and like “ casting pearls before swine,” that would be sure to “ trample them under their feet,” and probably “ turn and rend ” the giver.

But, much as the mediums may have to apprehend from the rancour of their theological and oiw-learned enemies, they have, in my judgment, quite as much to fear from the indiscretion and ignorance, or lack of thought and experience of their friends, such as, I apprehend, is indi-

| cated in some of the quotations I have prefixed to these remarks.I Probably I may say with truth that there are but few who have had j longer or more varied experiences in relation to the phenomena that i occur through “ spirit mediums”—however little my ability may be to

appreciate them—than myself; having been favoured for tbe last fifteen years and more not only with leisure, opportunity, and pecuniary means sufficient to enable me to prosecute my investigations, but also an earnest inclination toward the subject, and a desire to arrive at the truth in all that relates to spirit mediumship and the “ spirit-world ’ alike, whether of good or evil import.

For several years after I commenced my inquiries, I was constantly experiencing what he of the Golden Age might call “ bad luck with mediums,” and thought, like him, that about one half of the manifesta tions I witnessed might be clear “ humbug" and (■unlike him) that a good

closely allied to it. I persevered, however,part of the remainder was _ under great discouragement, until I at last (as I suppose) began to learn

world. No one conversant with the writings of Mr. Tilton, for the last i something more of the delicate laws and conditions that govern in the year at least, can doubt his position with reference to this great spiritual intercourse between the two worlds than lie on the surface, and at last movement, and will rejoice to hear him, after careful investigation, pro- was forced to acknowledge—through evidence furnished by hundreds claim to the world, through the columns of the Golden Age, that SmiT- of most unmistakable experiences — that a very great majority of in- CAi.tsM is g e n u in e , c h e e r in g , a n d ma g n ipic e n t in it s b e t t e r a n d HIGHER stances of failure or supposed deception that I had hitherto charged upon phenomena .” the poor instruments, was, in fact, justly chargeable to myself and to my

ignorance of the inspirational laws and nice conditions that it is absolutely necessary to observe and obey in our intercourse with the denizens of the “ spirit-world.” I found at last that the exquisite harmony that should exist in all spirit circles in order to ensure truthful communications, may be likened to a deep well, wherein truth lies at the bottom in the likeness of a nicely engraved medal of gold. So long as we look upon it reflected

At the risk of being classed as one of the “ self-styled,” I should like to make a few remarks in connection with the above extracts, even should they trespass on some that have before appeared in the Banner of Light.

Some men err through design, some through ignorance or want of discretion, some through lack of thought or experience, and some

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John declare*, nor of the will the Son of God ii----- 1lion. The j a.' .. tv of Clime s conoeption has nu tyvb.eiu ■" e* ::»an to the question of Divine Son-hip.

'*•*.' " ■ HI MB in embryo merely. 6 na lip itb.t we h»Te not vardly attaint'd to that per:-,

h ojherand with the Father that constitutes absolute IV::y. Nothing less than this, however, is the i

t***? .nan born into :he wwid, and nothing -no- even 1 • theoretical and practical—can ultimately deprive hi

- I: we, being evil, would give the best gifts inin ', suil, not the AU-good and Perfect Father

iters? He must mean :h-: ob*.____ _ d, mean anvthin^ less than tne

off then in about a minute, but I am always wanted to awake him. I do so j .s: the same os a mesrnenser takes a patient out of that stole, touch ing his eye® and making transverse passes. The longest trance Char.ev has ever bad was twenty hours. In all probability the spirits could take him out, but, so far, they never have done so without my aid. Did I tell you that my brother John framed and hung up all the pictures? He .« ' ng them to-day—very busy hammering and knocking about.I)r. Gall has finished his long lecture, about titty pages of foolscap clos- Iy written. Dr. Hare and 5 Ir Isaac Newt n Lave also answered a lot of ques I exp, w ill . to-morrow.A fresh one was introduced > • 0 . East lake last night, but we do not

Charley describe* him as a tall, gentlemanly

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person. >amt iu might say thatpictures. wri ting.v .4 aged fuuirteen-

the evening. Mr4 his sb the p

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» H •%;;“ *rd d ^’hters ? He muaTmea^ i l aC l e v r 7 o r every-ii -o!-..". :, K. g God, mean anything U- s than th L :s: and the■jj H >n j y j | • “

He fancies him to be a very willingly show my collection "of spiritual anybody visiting this neighbourhood. The b< received an hours instruction in painting,' Ac

“ In a postscript, written at seven o’clock i stal - that tile b y had j <s: aw<*ge. During hij sleep the pictures

-ie parlour had all been taken down and rearranged to greater ad vantage. ’

Ottier phases of medium ship possessed by the boy are thus de scribed :—

••T:,e spirits have ah manifested r- markable healing pow-r- throughthe medium, Mr. Wilson thus alludes to this pha*e_About twoyears ago I for the second time had

T * w sole essav is bee ■■, . . ----------...,^Jy reasoned, and we would recommend its* ' a T!!!- m * P tT te form as a useful publication for circulation

we would prefer UApart from tk*r use. we would pr<: discuss_w ■ any rsfcwaw to such misleading terms as Unitarian-

■j~ • with:..: . mini:: :.g .. s ' - :h m Htowhetlfear Jans was perfect or not. If he was not in

^ 'V 9 :dea*-7 *> in the conception of the Christis

__ v —:— — . i -i-'i erervone, a;a ma> n ik '. be attained' ■ ' • - ' ' than y : lit:, siting the" 'id ? 3* '1 ' ;; Sonship into the already*ov. rdone character of one■y*r~

• , ? '“ .or. of the number is chiefly occupied with an. t ? 1 J!*1,uu painting-medium, Charles Swan, the

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. . . 7~- h i ;I my nephew commenced about six years ago. inVih h.r- manner. He woe suffering Tery much from

Liwi ^ aj i'ust read s-omething of Spiritualism and healing. ^ . Si--- m str-ort, to mv wife, that I would try my healing^ -x e rs '*• »v . v . W t0 m 7 1 A

k . ' "-T- I accordingly r laced or.e hand on his head, andv . . i didl .’ ' ~S~~“'-yd stroking down _is -‘ace on the side where thev- ^ --<ated. In a tew minutes he dropped off to sleep.~ - - - ~ i l T 00 In a short time I peroeived his hand

j , - j • --- ;r-' - - - J- put a pr-ieu. lino ;,1 '^ ° immediatelT there was rapidly written. * Let the boy

m.ird ^ -.r - ' I the lad what he meant, when hei l f i ' I: is not the boy who is writing, but I.

n- ?;d y L ''r':h: • After he had lain on-h^l*V'ld' “ '-TV-T'5 '5rrote» me instructions

• or---- > v.. • done myself. The tooti

^neac-s vd ~d , r -^orlbes the particular controlling snir* whoa . t L ' 4 - ^ J 6 V hS « * . s=a placing one L d -.An•mmat ^ n i f t / TO,*?eed' he knows tnat hts nan . .. -. 5 .

phasea severe attack of gout, and re

membering 'he terrible pain, the confinement, the bother, and the expense 01 doctors. I really did not know what to do. for I was warned in every direction. I had no one . 1 do tne business *nen required but myself, and almost in despair I called upon my constant and unweary ing friend, my spirit-sister. Mary, to bring something or - rnebodv to assist me. Immed ately I was directed to put the bey t .• siren, and’my spirit-brother William s well-known hand wrote, “ Take ott v. .r stocs- ing. and put your foot upon the b:*y‘s knee.' Directly I did s mv great toe was turned, twisted, and manipulated upon in such a v. ov as.' 1: anv other person would hare done it, in all probability I should have fainted bearing in mind that in the first attack I had to sleep with mv fee: in bandboxes, afraid to let the sheet touch them . After this twist ing about had continued for seme time, the bo vs right hand was held out opened, and the ringers carefully turned up. as though anticipating that the hand would receive something into it. I watched it carefully, but c u.u. of course, see nothing further. The hand was then brtug_t carefully to my toe, emptied on it. and rubbed very briskly for stme time, when a strong lather w^s produce!—an oily feeling, and a decidedly strong aromatic odour arose very perceptible to the sense of smelling: and, best of all. in the morning this treatment had been tried on me in the night mv gout was gone, and I felt in every way as well as ever I had been in my life—without pill, dose, or “ t-wder. or any man g else, not excepting a dot-tor's bill. I have since, on se~eral occasions, when anything atls my wife or myself, which is very seldom;, app.ied to the spirits—my brother William in particular—and _ive always received advice ar.d" assistance of very great value.

We cannot conclude our notice of this remarkable ease of mediumsmp^ without one more small extract from the remarks of the editor ot

1 wh: —sited the b:y men; m“ The works are done in quick rime. The large copy of Childe Harold s

Pilgrimage. 4 feet by 2 feet 4 inches half the size o: the or.r"m m Turner's collection . wus done between the 14th and d4:h of Derr niter last, and eight other smaller ones were done tn the same time. - urner said he painted them to ’use the paint on his brusnes after wtritng :n me large picture.

effort on his part, and he bine. La the case o:

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* ip »«^ly adl the vanooa phases of n^diilm-- art s_ *"'•* - ng spirits in ..

Dabnormal. 35mati-cally without any independen does not speak in the trance, but acts ii£e a macDavid there is an apparent exaltarion of tne faculties ____ _and an approximation to normal action. He speags in me bm-ce face indicates various emotions, and tne prc«cess ot oontrm :s tinders. to exercise an educational influence on him as a medium.

The entire article is so interesting^ and the form ot men. yy-T. -. striking and convincing that we would g*an.y trnr.ster tne to our columns, were it not that we fed certain many of our r: will desire to possess themselves of the number, so as lithograph sketches and signatures ot tne st irits. It found cc -

btain the

prove another striking test of psychological power.

THE SPERITLAL MAGAZESbE for March_ _ _ . .. T '

to an impartial hearing:— x>mbined- Such a man. other "sixteen years' most carefm o te e r v a c o ^ ^ of

with extended and patient inquiry and deep tbou? f f ! 0 sC i- J id ar.d facts he has thus accumulated. :s pre-eminently ption of hisconsiderate hearing. Nor (if ma7 has m c l e l a salef rmer work, written twelve years especially as20,000 copies) is likely 0 be disregard ® >____t - i .. nrf - -the

s that cl m -tse.y p.- * if___ . - -Le preseu: work is of even wider rau-re a—.- t

h i a fA rm A F T n ln m A 79 i l .

“ I? fetches, with a number of thosre ben _____________________7 Ul mose of otherThe uthograpey and accompany the letter-

-• 1 - - - 1 - ----- ' - . 1- _ • : - h h .The following letter from Mr. Wilson i*

artte.e under review ;—. i t s w , 1 , Aylesbury, Februarr 20, 1572.

: I r ^ - ; ’rte.v necessary in putting Charley'in the tranceIf I ^ .,7 * ° ™ ? ° ° of ““ erer coming out of it without mv

* him to his oasel or writing-table at the time I am

*~‘er T°lume. _ . . t - , . - o-'vir’C' a nsu:n( of theTne second article is on cptrit r r-1. = with

striking instances :: the :aa: - T-.;TE:V-Th V 7 T' 7.ri: b i:modern Spiritualism. The first case ts a descr pt -nnewred in

st-t::ns t:t V.rav:*.. :: " - “p’;. ■__•* * r.-.a-h bythe Mudium. Then follows the annexed aeoour.t 01 “ -- similarMr. Guppy, through the mediumship of hts wtte. t o p ^ u results:—

THK MEDIUM AND DAI BREAK. M a iu * 1.

Mrs. Guppy and another lady were told by the raps to enter it. The company sat outside tlie cabinet; the full moon shone directly through the window, so that everything in the room, even to the pattern of the paper pasted over the cabinet, could Ik* distinctly seen. The two ladies inside kept their faces at the opening ot the lower window, laughing and talking to their friends outside. Suddenly a third lace appeared at one of the upper openings, and all three faces were seen at the same time for perhaps two minutes bv all the witnesses; but the light was not strong enough for those outside to identify the features of the spirit. The faoe was small and much whiter than the taees ot the two mediums below ; there was something white upon the head, like lace or a small cap. Raps said, ‘Jam

" ‘Lily' was the late Mrs. Ritohie, better known as Mrs. Anna Com Mowatt. She was a Spiritualist, and before her death she often said she would come hark again at seances it'she could.

" After the face had been at tlio opening about two minutes, it moved away sideways with a tremulous motion. After some minutes it came tremulously hack again, and the Countess de Pouuir (a friend of Mrs. Ritohie) said, Are you Lily? There is not enough light for me to identify you.' The face bowed three times, then went away. After pro longed intervals it appeared two or three times more, but only for a moment each time. Once a larger face appeared for an instant, said to be the face of • Katie.'

"The ladies in the cabinet said they saw the spirit at full length, apparently floating in the air, and to them she appeared phosphorescent. To the witnesses outside the face of the spirit was as opaque as the faces of the mediums below, and if it could have borne a strong light, might undoubtedly have been photographed.”

A long extract from a pamphlet by a clergyman of the Church of England, entitled "An Appeal to the Clergy for the Investigation of Spiritualism, with the Personal Experiences of the Writer, hy One of Themselves,'' narrating some curious instances of the manifestation of spirit-forms and the identification of individuals, concludes the article.

An article by Mr. Alfred R. Wallace, entitled “ No Antecedent Impossibility in Miracles: a Reply to Modern Objectors,” is very thorough and exhaustive, and might be read with profit by Dr. Carpenter and others. After combating the arguments of Hume against miracles, he thus comments on the errors of scientific men:—

"Another objection which I have hoard stated in public, and received with applause, is that it requires immense scientific knowledge to decide on the reality of any uncommon or incredible facts, and that till scientific men investigate and prove them, they are not worthy of credit. Howl venture :o say that a greater fallacy than this was never put forth. The subject :s a very important one, and the error is a very common one, but ihe fact is the exact opposite of what is stated; for I assert that whenever the scientific men of any age have denied the facts of investi gators on a priori grounds, they have always been wrong.

" It is not necessary to do more than refer to the world-known names of Galileo, Harvey, and Jenner ; the great discoveries they made were, as we know, violently opposed by all their scientific contemporaries, to whom they appeared absurd and incredible, but we have equally striking examples much nearer our own day. When Benjamin Franklin brought the subject of lightning conductors before the Royal Society, lie was laughed at as a dreamer, and his paper was not admitted to the Philosophical Transactions. When Young put forth his wonderful proofs of the undulatory theory of light, he was equally hooted at as absurd by the popular scientific writers of the day. The Edinburgh Tu iiew called upon the public to put Thomas Gray into a strait- jacket ;or maintaining the practicability of railroads. Sir Humphry Davy laughed at the idea of London being lighted with gas. When Stephenson proposed to use locomotives on the Liverpool and Man chester Railway, learned men gave evidence that it was impossible that they could go even twelve miles an hour. Another great scientific authority declared it to be equally impossible for ocean steamers ever to cross the Atlantic. The French Academy of Sciences ridiculed the great astronomer. Arago, when he wanted even to discuss the subject of the electric telegraph. Medical men ridiculed the stethoscope when it was first discovered. Painless operations during the mesmeric coma were pronounced impossible, and therefore impostures.”

And in conclusion, he says:—“ If I have shown, as I flatter myself I have done, that the arguments

which have been supposed to settle the general question so completely as to render it quite unnecessary to go into particular cases are all utterly fallacious, then I shall have cleared the ground for the production of evidence—and no honest man desirous of arriving at truth will be able to evade an inquiry into the nature and amount of that evidence by moving the previous question—that miracles are improvable by any amount of human testimony. I t is time that the 1 derisive and unex amining incredulity ’ which has hitherto existed should give way to a I-.-ss d : jnuric and more philosophical spirit, or history will again have to record the melancholy spectacle of men, who should have known better, assuming to limit the discovery of new powers and agencies in the universe, and deciding, without investigation, whether other men’s observations are true or false.”

A lecture by the Rev. John Page IIopps, on “ The Testimony of Nature and of Human Nature against the Doctrine of Eternal Torment,” concludes the number, which is altogether of unusual interest.

possible and try to understand them. Let our Editor an l nto Spiritualism, and be will not encourage Mr. Heraufl to a i iSa,U as to write in his “ Satire”—“ Topics of the Day”— c '

“ The soul's immortal may not be averred Until a nip's beneath a table heard,Then what is called a ‘ specrit. ’ is supposed_Whether or not within the board enclosed—To give the rap, or raps, one, two, or three,Answer to questions asked intentively By members of tho seance, wtio thus stoop Qf wooden oraelos to bo tho dupe,Well pleased; for each response, when it is gained Proves ‘ a foregone conclusion ’ entertained By the inquirer, ere he asked advice ;The echo of his thought, rapped onco or thrice,In fact disclosing but the conscious state Of his own mind—its verbal correlate.If all that Plato wrote, or good men feel,Avail not man immortal to reveal,Though one should even from the dead arise,Proof yet were wanting to tho truly wise.”

Wo fail to perceive “ pure reason ” in this citation. The merits of >: psychological science termed Spiritualism are not represented bj • rappings, and thousands of investigators know that by rapping i otherwise matters quite contrary to the “ conscious state of then,- have been elicited. May we ask tho satirist whether it was in ignore . or designedly that he made the erroneous statement?

An article entitled “ Nature’s Murders,” by a good Spiritualist... author of “ This Christian Land,” discusses in a very instructive m&:. the benevolenco of Nature in causing suffering to her crew-- Respecting death he thus writes:—

“ The more we ascend in t he direction of purity and virtue, ther clearly we see signs of a spiritual life beyond this. The mere t«tt. ferenoe from this life to that cannot surely be deemed a calamity, that the soul which changes its sky is still under the same divine lav before—certainly not more remote from, if scarcely appreciably to, the divine sources of beneficence.

“ We are thus reduced to find our horrors in the protracted strugg'.;, of organic death. Here we find science and emotion slightly at vara: again. The death-bed contortion which seems so terrible is met-.; muscular. If we had spiritual eyes to see the spirit of the dying nt: we might find him calm. Recollections of evil would be the onlyng;vi able to disturb his soul’s serenity. Nature, the murderer, is yet full y contrivances for alleviating pain. Insensibility, delirium, exhaust! these either quell the fury of the angry nerves or reduce the disturbs:;; to a mere mechanical wrestling and writhing—a creaking of the madut, from whence the high consciousness has departed.”

Mr. Maccall’s sketch of Olof Rudbeck's “ Atlantic* ” gives some infer- mation of a work which brings us in mind of Pococke s " India is Greece.” The same idea is carried out in both works. Rudbeck though: that Southern Europe, Egypt, and Asia Minor had been peopled freu Sweden, because of a similarity of local names; and Pococke teaehs that Greece—in fact, Europe—was peopled by immigration from Epps: India from the same reason. “ Inter-Nature” is an ejaculatory article supposing the operation of an invisible formative principle nature, as held by the Spiritualists. For the further contents of t: number, we must refer our readers to the advertisement in anotke: place.

The EditorFREELIGHT for March.

This is a number of more than average excellence, defends himself from his critics, and observes:—

“ The theologians will not be taught. Scientists, for the most part, rest in science. ‘The liberal mind deviseth liberal things’ beyond the shadows of the senses; and Materialists, therefore, call Transcen- dentalisis, Universalists, and Spiritualists—Mystics. Yet Mystics, in the ordinary sense of Mysticism, have no acquaintance whatever with the sublime philosophy of pure reason; and therefore they arc not emanci pated, at, present, from superstition. It is a spirit always that emancipates our minds.”

“ Pure reason” can neither be called philosophy nor religion; it is simply a mental process, and, like a wheat mill, cannot produce Hour without grain—facts. The purest reason is to get hold of all tho facts

SPIRITUALISM OF THE PAST AND PRESENT.W m i Remarks ox t i ie R ise and P rog ress o p M odern Spiritual!?* :

also , some Experiences o f tiif. W r ite r .(Continued from No. 91 of the Medium.)

History informs us that the Delphic Oracles were not all given by entranced mediums, but that tripods and tables were sometimes used, The alphabet being placed on the table with a vessel containing coin made of divers metals, the table revolved at a rapid speed. Tkens ring, suspended by a hair to a wand which was held in the hand of the conductor of the ceremony, would descend and spell out messages by striking particular letters. I t was usual in those days to burn incense, and consecrate the apartments, tables, and all other thing! used on such occasions.

At Mr. Tiflbn’s circle instructions were received from the spirits how to construct a battery to assist them in tho production of the physical manifestations, and he had one made according to the directions given; but after considering the subject, it was concluded not to use the battery, as it might have the effect of exciting the suspicions of those who witnessed it, ns they might say it was all effected by the aid of electricity. Mr. Tiffen now placed a wood cover, projecting four inches beyond the edge of the table described in our last, to prevent tlie letters being seen by tho mediums. This shield or cover was balanced on a pivot about three inches high on the top of the table. I t was so arranged that tlie inquirers should be at the opposite side to the mediums, and through an opening in the shield see what letters were brought up to the indi cator. On my wife and I placing our hands on the tabic beneath the cover tho table turned round, and messages wero spelt out in the same manner as when tho cover was off. Mr. Tiffen next constructed a coach. A dial, something like tho face of a clock, contain ing the alphabet, &c., was fixed to tho side, with the face out side, so that the mediums inside tlie coach could not see anything that might be spelt out. A band from one of tho wheels to tlie dial caused the pointer to move as tho wheel went round. On my wife and I entering this coach, it moved up and down tho room, and in so doing brought the pointer round to certain letters, then stopped. The movement being repeated, messages were spelt out. Ultimately Mr. Tiffen broke up this coach and the cover of his table, saying lie had received tests enough, and felt ashamed of having carried it so far, but afterwards confessed that he constructed these machines, not to test the spirits, hut the honesty of the mediums. Ho now sought earnestly for information concerning spirit-life, and endeavoured to introduce his friends to the subject. One evening he invited a sceptical gentleman of the name of Redbourn to attend his circle; he complied with the invitation, mid was

77M a r c h 1, 1872. T**E MEDIUM AND DAYBREAK.

at a spirits here to-

(tending in the room observing what was going on at the table. Mr. Tiffen asked if there were any spirits present who knew this gentleman Being answered in thn affirmative, the name was asked for, and. "Jenny " was spelt out. Mr. Red bourn said, Jenny, if it is you, fan you tell me what i« in my watch?” Whereupon Hair was h .elt out, and on opening his watch h'< took ther. fron. a lock of his daughter Jenny's hair. This beautiful test, given in ws-.pt co„.i.any, 'routed a deep impression. After tins occurrence Mr. Kedbourn had repeated interviews with hi. lovely daughter. Whilst sitting iri a circle one evening wo beard Mr. Turly, who was prese nt for the first time, and

distance from the circle, say to a friend, “ I have heard that won’t come among sceptic*; if so, wo shall have none

.o night.” Just then Mr. TifTen approached the circle, and”inquired if any spirit present knew Mr. Turly. The uniwer was in the affirmative, and the name given was “ Henry K nighL th is was the name of an intimate friend who had just departed this life. Although known to most of the company present, none but Turly knew of his | death. Then followed a most interesting conversation between him and his departed friend. There was a change! Turly giving vent to his feelings, being a Materialist, and in a few minutes after be was anxiously inquiring of the welfare of his (he.-,, d friend. If. is in this forcible manner that truth sometimes comes home to the mind. lie toon after this published a pamphlet and commenced to lecture on {spiritualism. The first lecture was given in the morning, and came off with experiments, at St. Martin’s JIall, Long Acre, in November, IS.ofi, taV wife and myself volunteering to sit at the table. It will now be as well to mention a few of the occurrences which look place at some of the lectures, lb' se being the first experiments of the kind giv en publicly in London. At the close of the first lecture, after we bad left the table, sod no person being within six feet, of it, we observed it. .move along tie platform several yards, and then turn upside down and revolve at s rapid rate. A man came up to us from the body of the hall, arid j stated that whets he saw us leave the table he mentally wished that the j table would move, then he would be convinced it was true, arid not j tr.ckery. Hardly had this thought passed bis mind when the table j darted from it* position as described above. One evening, when Mr. j Turly lectured at the Hall of Science, City Road, a spirit, by the move- j tn-.vs of the table, claimed the acquaintance of a gentleman who was sitting on the platform mar to the circle; lie was requested to repeat the alphabet, but he was so excited that, his utterance failed, and he gave up the attempt, whereupon the table jumped from the platform into the body c: hull, lit" audience- removing their seats arid forming themselvesinto a large circle, the table moving across the room, and turning over at the feet of a gentleman who we were afterwards informed was the friend of the man that was so agitated that he could not repeat the alphabet. Thus the spirit, failing to open a communion with its , friend who was sluing on the platform, sought out another acquaintance m the booty of the hall, among a hundred strangers, and arranged with nim to meet them at their own residence. At Cambridge Hall, New- roan Struct, Oxford .Street., on Sunday evening, February loth, 1857, the table rose two feet from the floor and floated for a minute or two before an audience of more than four hundred people. At the sight of a floating table the excitement became intense; the audience rose from their seats, clapped their bands, and shouted vociferously.

Mr. Turly did not give many lectures after this date. The success attending the experiments introduced at these lectures proved the possibility of phenomena being obtained before a public audience, and hew to procure it. We found no difference in the manifestations in our private room and on a public platform, provided we could have a clear space of six to ten feet, betwixt the circle and t.he audience. Now this plainly shows the origin of placing the preachers in a pulpit, thereby securing a complete isolation fror/i their hearers, so that the attending spirit could approach and inspire them apart from all other influences. We think we might profit much by the study of the practices and experiences of our forefathers ; but we live in progressive days, and have gone on so fast that we have forgotten the ground our fathers trod.

The “ second-self ” doctrine was introduced to Mr. Tiffen’s circle by Hr. Ripper, gale to account for the manifestations apart from Spiritualism; or. in other words, it was affirmed that the manifestations were all made by the spirits of living persons, and not by the spirits of the departed, :or it was stated that we are d ial, and that our “ double” or second self acts independently of our individuality. This a spirit pro nounced an absurdity, arid stated that every worn-out or exploded idea of ar.t q..*y would tie retaught in this age, and all those that gave up their reason to man or spirit would be sure to go to the extreme and a d r n i '■■■■ *‘-r-ds '»■ ab» -r'J.t.es. I ben it gave us the following explanation of toe double : “ Toe spirit enters the sphere of a medium and attracts-r.to atoms from h.- organism, thereby rendering itself incar-rate, or c.ot/..ng .‘s soir.t-form v-nt.o a peripnery or covering borrowed from the medium, and as often appears in the likeness and dress of such medium as in its own character. I f the spirit should be seen in this condition, the persons that beheld this objective form would affirm that they sew the medium, although i t might be proved that, the medium was miles away at that time. I f the mediums saw this apparition they would say they saw themselves.”

BIRDS OF A FEA TH ER.A correspondent encloses a newspaper clipping, and remarks: “This

paragraph is ‘ go TO - od ’ of the Lancashire and North-countrytopers. Something should be said about i t : it needs explanation —

“ VfVCIK F o r c e , o k ftru rriim a t . —The Orient if.a A me rira a p ,b- h»n*a the following:—‘The Davenport Brothers lately gave some of t .e.r psychic exhibitions at Ithaca, N .Y .; but their tricks were sadly

‘f g - - o bv some of the Cornell University fellows. A private letter te.is is teat some of the students, having a scientific turn of mind, pro- v.'Jeo themselves beforehand with pyrotechnic hails containing phoa-

-o .-a.vie a-, to ignite suddenly with a bright light. During the dark seances, when toe Davenport# purported to be, and as the K-tlier.oe s ,pposed were, bound .band and foot within their closet or caome*.. and *he guitar was floating in the air and playing musi- **Wee makes him. Take from a rear, wnat be iv- t - -S 'T around, the afor<-*aid students struck their lights all of a sudden, W .S7, spirits were found to he no others ’ban the Davenoor's them-

selves, who were dodging about the stage, hrandrih g Hie g u‘ar •. and playing the tunes. The music suddenly ceased, ti.e coumu' ■ “c de dared the performance a humbug, and trie players d'T<ar bo n Ithaca by the earliest train.’ ” Ijlv.rlon A deer/err. ^

An unmitigated lie, our correspondent may rest assured, or .1 wo .d not so eagerly circulated. Recently we rsdd quite another VST e.. o the same story, but the “ Jack the Giant Killer ’ on that oecasio,. was a Philadelphian prole ior, possibly some, relative o* the cricbrrded “ J'hiladelphian lawyer ” whose h o d is 10 • chronic state of puzzle. VVe have an article of Rritii-.h rnaniifac'ore before us, but evidently made of the suin'! metal a, the American trinket. Jlerc it is, Witn all it, .oat /e “ lustra ” i—

“ Vow that .Spiritualism i ; «• ■ inter' -.'. I may roentio ia fact which I iiave recently heard. A voting rnan was visiting the house of a well-known man of letters, who -wars some two or three yea-s ago rewarded with a title, for Ins ervi'-e to iit'.ra'ur'-. 'I he con ver-.ai io., turned on Dr. Carjicnter's article in the t/iuirterh/ lev:. T he young visitor remarked that, althougii he did not believe in Snir;'ualisui, there might, be something in ele'-tricity, and he •.*al'd that he could produce some very extraordinary effects. His host expre sel increfl-'iitv with regard both to the spiritual and the electric"! Thevisitor thereupon placed some In-tres on the grou.o'i and sat c .air close to them, arid after making .sundry passes, with his hands the lustres began to rise towards him. threat asto.u .-..bment on t.ne part, ofS i r --------- . A similar experiment was then made with a pocket. har,d-kerchief, with a similar result. .Sir-------- wae - : - zzled, am si era time his visitor took him aside and explained that the manifestations were nothing more than a corijuring trick, and that he had learnt it from a very well-known * Spiritualist’ ur/ter c.'rc- n-tanee:-. whic . placed that person in his power, and enabled him to ins; upon an explanation of the ‘ manifestations.’ 1 am riot, quite at. liberty to p dhisii t.he expla nation, but it, is re-ally very simple, and a modification of the means resorted to would be quite sufficient to produos those wonderful taUo flance.s of which we hear so much.”

The question as to whether lustres and handkerchiefs may be th rs magnetis'd maybe decided by experiment, b t ns •/, a “ very well-known Spiritualist ” iiavirig given a “ conjuring trick” explanation of tbe mani festations, every person who has sat. at. a spirit-circle- -mows t.o be ;. gross falsehood. We cannot realise the soft-headed credul.ty of those who can in any degree credit such veracious statements.

T IIE M EL IE M IN READING ROOMS.S e l b v .—The excellent friends of social reform in this lo t kahii e market-

town have adopted ‘he wise expedient of introducing the “ Rritis.n Work m an” movement- -that is, public-houses of that name in which no intoxi-

1 eating drinks are sold. The other evening, at a committee meeting of “ British Workman No. 2,” it. was discussed whether t.he Medium should

; be allowed to lie on the reading-room table, it being presented gratis by a friend of human progress. The committee decided in tine negative, and it would be interesting to know why. We have worked in the Temperance movement since childhood, and have not even neglected Selby. Our experience has been that the more a man knows of himself and of his destiny the better will be his life. A knowledge of man s .spiritual existence and immortality, and the conseo; icnces which er.-.ne in the future from our actions in the present, is, indeed, the greatest gift which God has bestowed on man. We ask, then, of our Selby com mittee why it is that they deny to the frequenters of the “ British .Work man No. 2 ” this great knowledge? Are they not thereby fighting against God, and keeping the public in ignorance of momentous facts, a knowledge of which would ennoble them as men, and confer on them a consciousness of their relations to the Creator of ail ? Our Selby friends may be conscientious, but without enlightenment it results in bigotry. Where the true Gospel is, there is liberty.

Turning from Yorkshire to Lancashire, the M e d iu m enjoys a different reception:—

“ Free Library and Museum, Blackburn, Feb. 2, 1872.“ S ir ,—I beg to acknow ledge the receip t o f cop ies o f the M e d ic * a >»

D a y e break per post, presented by you to th is library and m is'-um ; for w hich, on behalf o f the library com m ittee, perm it me to tender grateful thanks. I have th e honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,

“ D . G e o d e s , L ibrarian and Secretary.“ J . Bums, Esq.”We know that many of our Selby Temperance friends are “ Quakers.”

The genuine Quaker is a genuine Spirit .alls'.; but George Fox, the agitator, was no more a Quaker of the nineteen'., century stamp than Jes j s of Nazareth was a Christian. Is it not nigh time ‘ .’.at o ..- Quaker friends and Christian friends looked into the matter, and truthfully realised the basis of their professions? George Fox and J e s .3 were more unpopular in their days than tbe M edicji ; but even by the small amount of odium cast upon us by the supporters of modern insti tutions, we feel we are in the right track.

A Rkpi.v to a Sekmo.v by the Rev. John Jones, Congregational Minister, Liverpool, entitled “ Spiritualism the \V or/: o: Demons. 1 By Thomas Brevior. Price 2d. London : J . Burns. —This tract, reprinted

I in a very neat manner from the Spiritual Magazine, is deservedly 1 popular. We know of nothing better for circulating . . . g-

attached t.o the religious dogmas of the C’hurcues. V> e may also observe that Mr. Jones has replied to if. in the current number of the Opiritu/il Magazine.

I s A i d of t h e “ M e d i c m .”— Mr. Hocking sends one guinea, and a like sum towards tbe expenses of the Sunday services at Caver.d.rii Room s. Our correspondent at .Spring H al, Didsbury, donating ! -. 5 d . , does not sign his name to his letter, and so we cannot adftr-si the p ,b- lication correctly. T. E. P-, -10.

Mr . J o s e s , of Enmore Park, estimates his annual expenditure in hard cash for the cause of Spiritualism at £ 1 0 0 , independent of time, Ac.

W. A.—Thanks for your kind letter and enclosure. We shall 1/ -.r your offer in mind.

D. A. L .—If you will send on your MS., if will iiave our ; “ e .. '.R e c e iv e d , tbe Ballarat Star of January 1, and Almanack.

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of the i/o‘-pel story? 'Ihus we turn that one of cherished d o g n u i o f modern religion j.-. riot only a highly, story, but a lie into the har/ain, and attributed to t.ee Ai -. arid in connection v.itli Hi -, highe.-.t human repre-er.tati-.,;.

It follows that the letter may he of use theoloj/icai; ha :iirjo)..-l purpo.-e, though our re.-.pectedcorrespondent ' .-how tlii-t its efleet can alone be immoral. It i . taei'.ivledned that there i ; .something verv wrong in Hociew. f.j c .sain—statistic-:, as well as everyone’s observation.

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ANOTHER NEW MAN,” ENEMY”-

OR THE W H IC H ?

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avowed faith anecdote.

andSin,—That letter in your last number, called the “ Parentage of Jesus, and Freelove,” must have given some of your readers a“ scunner.” To me it was like a cast-up gobbit of the gross I i , M , , '__ ,nastine.-.x that used to be dished hv the Atheists. I thought we ^ n d and le tth e enemy-make i i i , .. , rk - _ on lnmnrv t h a t A noth oiian loit all men writing to its rottmg-place in the past; dead dogthat had had its day. There was no provocation in the M e d i u m for Mich a reply : nothing had warranted i t ; nothing could wairant it. W hat had it to do with Spiritualism ? The spirit of it was sensual; the intent was obscene ; the language loathsome. One insulting story (likely enough a lie) was lugged in for the purpose of insulting your readers with a coarse version of another apropos of nothing but the relator's getting a Yahooixh grin, a leering, tongue-lolling gust of carrion enjoyment from his disgusting com pound of both.

No matter whether we look on Jesus Christ as Cod or man, he was the King of all Spiritualists—thorn-crowned in this world as such, and glory-crowned in the next. I t is not for Spiritualists to permit any mischievous mudlark to deface that pure white statue of the perfect soul by throwing muck and defiling it, however dirtily he may be inclined—certainly, not in the name of Spiritualism !

If your correspondents do not always supply good matter, you can insist on good manners. Many of your readers are ladies j some are young girls. I f wo can, let’s be manly and address them decently, and semi all uncleanly thinkers to seek publishers in Holywell Street.—Yours,&c., Ge r a l d Ma s s e y .

a large section of the community are immoral by proi'e-..-,. this public phase of it does not reveal the full extent of a.It i indeed such a great evil as to 1/; unmentionable. l\\ must not he described, nor must a case of its most refined , lion be instanced. Our vast army of priests and soul-f-.avers approach it. I t is, in fact, such a gigantic “ devil ” that a l l 8 allude to its name, but m ax y tacitly fall into its: worship devotedly. Is Spiritualism not to notice the evils that Society? Must it not take cognisance of them, exam:;.-. . nature, and suggest any remedy? If so, why bother with ; ualism at all ? A Ye might just as well have any of the old ri priestcrafts, which simply look after their own existence, and C drunkenness, selfishness, licentiousness, and prostitution to g their own way, protecting them by ignoring their existence.

0. But the letter under discussion has a vital bearing on- Spiritual movement. There is a large party in America

practice is that described in the conde Are we, like the foolish ostrich, to put our heads L; ;

our movement his own ? We on inquiry that “ Another New Man ” has in hi.s own acquaints suffered from the practice of those “ affinity ” seekers. It is ladies and “ young girls ” who ought to know the dangers L surround them. When we look at the vast armies of pros;, womanhood traversing our streets, does not our heart of he;answer, “ Yes, they were once {young girls,’ and might have -

[W e have the greatest possible respect for our correspondent, and deference for his opinion, and gladly insert his letter, though re fie d in g severely upon one of our most valued friends, and on our-

1 ladies,’ had it not been for ignorance and consequent misdirect .;7. We do not see that the letter criticised contains anyth;

wantonly improper. I t is simply a record of facts—an unveiid of an absurd myth—a note of warning from one who has —; suffering. The question its, what constitutes propriety, not on!;; respect to certain sentiments, but to the subject in all its bear!:; Of course everybody is “ respectable,” andmore is the pity. It w-.;. seem to be “ respectable ” to do as you please, but be quiet and x nothing about i t ; observe evil, but keep close lips. This is fasti::- able, and hence “ Society” is one vast system of hypocrisy There is one form of conversation in the dining-room, another z the drawing-room—one tone of morals amongst chums, anoth-r in the family—liberty of speech, even to rudeness, in private, fc the most saintly gentlemanliness in public. Hence the grease: gentleman is he who by a skilled exercise of hypocrisy can a:-: effectually disguise his true character. Thousands of most ec- raable young women have been sacrificed in wedlock before sue: a system of deception, and viler things, if possible, result outside : that rite. W e feel disposed to question the merits of that virtu and decency which dare not even read of the existence of evl

Selves in permitting the letter criticised to appear in the Me d iu m . | Of what use is it as a positive influence in Society? It wouldWe have only to say that we have no apology to offer for the act The writing of the letter was esteemed a duty hy its author, and it was inserted after mature consideration. Like many other things which appear from week to week in the Me d iu m , it was not supposed that it would produce satisfaction in ail minds, yet it was not anticipated that it would be so completely misunderstood as it has been by our correspondent.

L No reader can adduce it as in any respect casting discredit on

! appear to have about as much power to stem the tide of evil ais furnace built of snowballs would have to withstand the beat of t';- fire when lighted. In fact, from Mr. Massey’s position it wouM appear that “ ladies and young girls ” are food for the destroyer, ready to fall down and worship him as soon as his name is an nounced. Wo do not take this view of human nature, hut art® that if Mr. Massey’s estimate is a true one, there will be no end re vice till it is superseded by a better system. We have a positive---- — ~ ^ , # | j j j — r

Jesus per. Dually, or influencing his position either as a man, a ! contempt for that fine-ladyism and rose-coloured virtue which goe-:Spiritualist, or a God. On the contrary, it exhibits, by introducing a true example from our own times, the abominable nature of the story respecting the parenlage of Jesus, which is to be found in Borne of the gospel >, and perpetuated, industriously by the “ Ghurcli,” particularly th a t portion of it dominated directly by the Pope.

2. The entertainment of such erroneous and disgusting notions ,eel jug c«w«e» of spirituality in one man derived from his

parentage is an obslueJo to the progress of Inn: spirit mil knowledge and human improvement, and a legitimate sphere for the spiritual

er.Jn exciting the abhorrent feelings to which Mr. Massey lias

van such eloquent utterance, the publication of tha t letter has tha t the story respecting the miraculous conception of the

on its self-complacent career regardless of the existence even of the unhappiness on which they float socially, as a boat does on a lake. Nay, we go further, and deliberately place the responsibility ot much of our social evils upon those idle and well-present shoulders. There can be no health in Society till those who W11 good understand the diseases and undertake the treatment of those less fortunate than themselves. But, from Mr. Massey’s remark: it would appear to be a positive virtue not to know even of the existence of evil or its sufferings.

8. Spiritualism is so radical that it works innovations in these respects as well as in others. The first anatomist was stoned, and though the effort now made to proho the evils around us, and impending over us, may meet with persecution, we have the

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consciousness of a pure motive in this case, and feel thankful tha t it )ms provoked discussion. Viewed thus, our conduct and th a t of “ Another New Man v is cleansed ot the opprobrium thrown thereon by our correspondent, whose energetic declamation in view of the immense issues at stake wo simply characterise as aim e, and not in any sense elevating or enlightening. Wo might easily have screened ourselves behind the shadow of the author of llm letter objected to; hut having deliberately inserted it, we frankly acknewleihv ili<- same, and give our reasons for so doing. If our tastes do not coincide with those of Mr. .Massey, ho cannot accuse us of impure motive, dishonesty, or subterfuge.— E d . M.]

This i i . \ s been a topsy-turvy week iu London on account of tho j Koval I‘recession. It passed tho end of Southampton How, and could he well seen from the Progressive Library, ll was simply a few carriages containing men and women, somo of whom wore queer hats. The horses were nearly covered w ith bright yellow- mounted harness. It was not so exciting as a Children’s Progres sive Lyceum on tho march, nor so pleasant to the spectator. The Lyceum illustrates tho beautiful ideal o f universal love working in j and through all to the benefit of each member. There is no display except o f that which may bo participated in by all. The Royal Procession is based on tho opposite principle, and hence, however gaudy the trappings, and imposing tho array of brute force in the form of soldiers, it lacks that great essential of moral beauty which the Lyceum possesses.

Ox Su n d a y E v e n in g next, the platform at tho Cavendish Rooms w ill be occupied by Mr. Thomas Shorter, author of “ The Two Worlds,’’ “ Confessions of a Truth-seeker,” “ W hat is R e ligion ? ” Ac., Ac. Our readers w ill remember tho very pleasing and instructive address which Mr. Shorter gave at those services on a former occasion, l l is subject on Sunday evening w ill be, “ Try the Spirits." one which ought to interest Spiritualists sufficiently to draw together a good attendance. W e regret that tho address of last Sunday evening was not reported, and we are therefore unable to give an outline of it in the Me d iu m at present.

We h e a r that the movement for securing four lectures from Gerald Massey, poet, on Spiritualism, is making some progress. The committee, we understand, is in course of formation. A cor respondent from the country suggests that a guarantee fund should be subscribed to cover the probable expenses. In accordance w ith thi- suggestion, several ladies and gentlemen have desired to be held responsible for £ 5 should any deficiency occur. It is esti mated that twelve guarantors would be necessary, but it is not at all likely that their subscriptions would be required, as the lectures I will, in all probability, pay for themselves.

Mu. J. 11. P o w e l l has removed to 179, Copenhagen Street, Caledonian Road, Islington. H e desires to enter the field of I labour, thinking some activity may improve his health. l i e w ill speak at the Cavendish Rooms, on Sunday week— subject; “ The ! Mighty Head." Our friends in various parts of London would do j well to invite Mr. Pow ell to give addresses in their districts. Mrs. Powell is still prepared to receive patients for magnetic I treatment at the above address.

W e a r e desired to state that tickets are now ready for the paper announced hist week to be read by George Harris, Esq., at the Spiritual Institution, 15, Southampton Row, on W ednesday evening, the 19th instant. The tickets are free of charge; hut it has been thought expedient to issue them that the rooms m ight not be overcrowded, and a good quality of audience he secured. Those wishing to be present— and it is desirable that a full m eeting should assemble—should apply for tickets at once.

Me s s r s . H e r n e a n d W il l ia m s ’s public seances at the Spiritual Institution are characterised by their powerful physical mani festations. Chairs and other objects are placed upon the table, and moved about with the greatest facility, under test conditions. The greater number of those who are present at such sittings are con vinced of the existence of some unascertained power.\ \ e r e g r e t to have to state that our friend Mrs. Morris, of

Hammersmith, i.s in a very weak condition, and despairs of recover- j ing from her long and severe illness. She has ju st sent us a beautiful medallion of her cousin, Robert Owen, the philanthropist, as a memento of her regard.

Th e r e a d e r s of the Me d iu m w ill leam -with sorrow that Mr. .1. W. Jackson is at present labouring under a very severe indis position.

I.s- a n s w e r to a lady who asked her spirit-sister “ Ellen ” and her guide respecting the “ stato of health ” of a very dear friend of hors ;— Answer.—“ Ellen sees her wasting form is nearly extinct. She may reach the first cheerful warbling of tho birds, which invito her to the bright shores of that ever-blissl'ul land of happy angels who are stand ing to aid ber to ascend those beautiful regions of ever-reigning harmony, where the angels of bliss are singing their welcome chants, of melodious voices ringing through the groves of the most luxuriant plants and trees, whose fragrance perfumes the air. As you glide through, scarcely touching the soil, you feel to soar the air like tho kings of winged treat ion; but pride does not exist among the dear angel-spirits.”— Medium, Ma r ie d e 8., Baden-Baden, 20th January, 1872.

A I.ovi;r or T r u t h (Manchester).—Your narrative is a very curious one, and cannot be used without being well authenticated. Send your own name and tliut of Mr. Hanby, or other well-known Spiritualists, to certify the statements.

"A Fkikbd” (WeBt London).—Thanks for your kind hint. Any information afforded will be properly used. Wo do not see that any good run come from noticing tho subject to which you allude.

INVESTIGATE.“ He who wilt not reason is a Ingot;

He who dares not is a c o w a r d ;Ho who cannot is a. fo u l."

Tho quotation is a bold but truthful one, and I use it to illustrate t he position so many occupy in relation to the teachings of Modem Spiritualism, tho growth of which frequently forces itself for considera tion on those most prejudiced and those caring least about it.

Let us see, if possible, what this modern " ism " is, that we should fear to be identified with it. fts great fundamental fact, at this lato day, can hardly be questioned by even the most bigoted. The evidence that disembodied spirits can and do communicate to embodied ones is admitted by nine out of fen who honestly investigate the matter, and who are not afraid to truthfully record their verdict after having done so. If some few overwiso scientists and the masses have not become convinced of this great fact, tho bigotry of one and the ignorance of the other are responsible, and not the non-existence of the proof. Hero in America, especially, the court of inquiry is always open; and, if not wrongly informed, investigation is not difficult even in Conserva tive England.

No one is wise or justified in denying the claims of the “ spiritual philosophy,” or anything else, when entirely unenlightened or ignorant on the subject, or even partially so ; neither is one justified or wise in accepting its claims until compelled to do so by the establishment of facts pertinent to the case. Those who wilfully shut their eyes and cars to the phenomena are “ bigots.”

The great cardinal fact of Spiritualism is not susceptible of proof by tho longest or ablest article over written on the subject. Everyone must investigate for themselves; by doing which the proof so gained is beyond doubt, and often involuntarily received; but rather than ignore their senses they are forced to admit its truth, though not always in a very loud voice. Why is this? “ I t wouldn’t do, you know”— “ I t isn’t expedient”—“ Why, it isn’t respectable”—“ W hat would Mrs. Grundy say ?” These are some of their excuses. In fact, they could not bear to hear the cry of “ humbug” they formerly and so loudly called others who had the “ moral pluck ” to proclaim them selves believers. They place a seal on their own lips for fear. These are the “ cowards."

The "fools" (who are nearly always the majority) are those that let the subject go by default, being perfectly indifferent to it—whose minds rarely soar beyond the pursuits of this life, only occasionally to hurrah at the utterance of a thought projected from somebody else’s brain. They maintain the stolid indifference of the “ Woman out West,” who, seeing her husband engaged in a fight one day with a bear, calmly viewed the contest, encouraging with a smile and a “ go it ” both the bear and her husband, whichever happened to be uppermost. In time this class will become bigots, the bigots become cowards, and they in their turn will muster sufficient courage to proclaim what they know to be true, whether “ Mrs. G.” likes it or not. Why not ? Is it not a false feeling, and rather the result of education, that we should be ashamed to exercise the same amount of reason on a subject of such vital importance as we do in our respective callings of labour ?

I f Spiritualism is not true, what have we to fear from investigation ? If it is true, we cannot know it too soon. “ Of what good is it ?” cries one. “Are Spiritualists any better than other folks ?” cries another. The cui bono of the New Philosophy, and the moral elevation of its disciples, are matters not now pertinent to the case, but can and will be answered whenever the question arises.

I f it is wrong to exercise our reason—if it is wrong to abide by its decision after such exercise—in fact, if it’s wrong to be right—why then we can consistently shut our eyes to a philosophy that expands our reason—that gives us a why and a wherefore for everything—that teaches us to do good for the sake of the good and humanity—that invites us forward to bo partakers of knowledge (instead of faith)—that removes superstition—that teaches us to live a principle instead of professing one; and, above all, demonstrates—as no other religion, science, or “ ism ” has done—tho “ immortality o f the soul.” Until we feel and know all this is wrong, we are not justified in pooh-poohing and ignoring its claims and teachings, or branding those as impostors who have out stripped us in their zeal for knowledge. So we still point to tho truth of the above quotation, and if it only incites the three classes therein named to a pursuit, argument, and investigation of the subject of Modern Spiritualism, we fear not for the result, nor are we afraid to subscribe ourselves to the “ cause,” however unpopular it may be—

Cleveland, 0., U.S.A., December 21st, 1871. Thom as Le e s .

P r o f e s s o r E r a s mu s W i l s o n , F.R.S., lecturing at the Royal Col lege of Surgeons on tho anniversary of the great John Hunter, said :“ l ie (Hunter) has left behind him a splendid museum, which will for ever be a chaplet to his fame ; and if his spirit bo with us and round about us this day, as 1 doubt not it is, I am fain to hope that he will not look disapprovingly on our present occupation.” How pleasing to think that our great ancestors can still take an interest in the doings ol their children! I t is much more agreeable than the old Scotch notion of heaven—sitting on a damp cloud, harp in hand, singing psalms all day ;

| or, as the American put it, “ loafing around the Throne.”— W. A.; St r a n g e F u l f il m e n t o f a D r e a m .—A Banff correspondent says I that the greive on tho farm of Upper Dallachy, Boyndie, near Banff, j named William Moir, about W hit Sunday last dreamed of seeing

a dead body, besmeared with blood, lying on a raised mound by the sea-shore, at a point opposite the farm, and about a mile to the west of the village of Whitehiils. The dream haunted Moir so much that, after resisting the impulse for a long time, he proceeded on Thursday to the spot indicated. On turning over tho second turf he came upon a human skull. He continued the search, and ultimately, with the assistance of another servant, uncovered the complete skeleton of a man lying at full length, with his head to the south and the feet towards the sea. Tho bones were conveyed to Banff by the police, and on Friday Inspector M’Gregor explored the mound, which was known in tho locality to have been a kelp-kiln, which, however, had not been used for upwards of fifty years. It, is generally thought that, the body lmd been washed ashore irom the sea, and been buried there for convenience, though no one remembers such a circumstance having taken place. —Standard.

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f f f tf S p i r i t f t t r s o r i t f l r r .-----n>*~—•

[A seance is held every Friday evening, at. eight o'clock, at tho office of the Mk d iu m ; J. J. Morse, TV,nice-.Medium. Ily our reports of those or other circles we do not endorse or stand responsible for the facts or teachings given by the spirits. Our desire is, in brief, to give a faithful representation of whet, tale - place, for the benefit of those who cannot attend.] February 'Jib'd.

(The first control was by Tii'.n-Sii:.\-Tik.)Q. Why do the dying never weep, nit hough surrounded by their

weeping friends?- A. l'ho operation ol dying has no relation, so far as its sympathies are concerned, with the external conditions that, tiro around. The not and operation in and through which the departing is suffering is related hut slightly to the external condition and the emo tions which lake possession ol spectators, hence the departing spirit, does not take cognisance ol the outward sympathies manifested by weeping friends. Seeing no reason for tear ol the grave, it is not. likely they will indulge in such emotion. \gain, the mind being distracted In, l ho last stage of its earthly career, there is no power to giro vent, to natural emotions, and therefore we cannot expect external signs of grief under such circumstances.

t / At the office of the Menu m, February ‘Jnd, the question was asked of Tien-Sien-Tie: “ lias a dog, with more intelligence than an idiot, any future existence? ” The answer was, " .Vo." This does not accord with kindred questions asked here, trom Theodore l'arker, who acts as guide to Mr. Jones, the late secretary ol tin1 Uirminglmm Fsvrhological Society, who says that when a monkey, or anv other animal of a lower order than man, dies, "the body returns to the dust, and the spirit, whioh ever lives, returns to the sc.r ( /sp in ', which, although unconscious, is animate, and afterwards withdraws from this sea of spirit in atoms, for a further development of conscious existence.” Being an inquirer into the phenomena and facts of Spiritualism, my desire is to i know the truth in all its bearings. As there appears to bo a contradiction between the foregoing statements of tho two spirit- guides, shall I be out of place in asking you to kindly cause tho question to be again put to Tien-Sien-Tie,* as to whether ho still adheres to his “ Ac, or whether he can give some further explana tion on the subject as to whether there is a spiritual and ever-cxistent | part, or essence, belonging to the lower order of animals, as I observe : not a few Spiritualists are, as regards spirit-progress, altogether on tho ! side of Darwin, although, to my mind, he looks more at the physical side of the question, by looking upon the s a m e atom, or spiritual monad, as developing independently and individually from tho lowest order of animal to man himself. 1 wish to know, i f there be a ''sea of spirit,” whether all animal spirits are therein deposited, and are from thence to he drawn as spirit-essence for further development in a higher order of being; or whether those atoms, or spiritual monads, livo independently of each other, as individual conscious spirit-atoms, waiting for a suitable physical organism wherein to deposit themselves for a further and higher order of spirit-progression.—D. T a y l o r , Birmingham.—A . In his remarks on this letter, the controlling spirit indicated that animals do not nehieve the plane of immortality because of their inability to develop the spiritual organism necessary for individual life after the physical body has been parted with. The spiritual or psychical element of their nature is dissipated at death through the surrounding regions of spiritual forces, while the body is decomposed and becomes associated with terrestrial forces. The spirit proceeded to discuss the career of spirits through the lower forms of being, stating that it was necessary for the spiritual principle to come in contact with existence in all its grades, that it might, through association with matter, achieve develop ment of its innate powers, and thus be able to manifest reason, the means of which were to bo found in man alone.

Ass WoODEItSOX.The medium was controlled slowly and quietly. He assumed the

attitude of a female, and turning round to the left, spoko in a low voice, and said:—“ I only wish to say that. I agree with the line of conduct pursued. This will be sufficient.—Ann Wooderson.” Q. Do you refer to the message sent to-day?—A. Yes. Q. Has it takon I effect ?—A. Yes.

This short communication referred to incidents of which the medium ! did not know anything. The controlling spirit was Mrs. Burns's mother. After the seance she communicated by writing through another medium, and corroborated the fact that bIi c had controlled Mr. Morse. She stated that not having controlled in the trance before, and the surroundings not being very favourable, the task was not a pleasant one, and was not performed very effectively.

HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF SEANCES IN LONDON.(By Oita Own Cokr e.si'Onden t .)

In presenting your readers with a few sketches of several old-estab lished Beances in tlia metropolis, I am actuated by the desire to afford them some idea of the methods and instrumentalities whereby the facts and principles of spirit-communion are propagated in this great city.

It may he necessary that I should occasionally combine the duties of the critic and historian. I trust those who arc gratified by a record of their doings will accept my criticisms in the spirit in which they are given.

The subject of the present article is a seance held at the house of Mrs. Maine, 321, Bethnal Green-road, every Tuesday evening, which has been in existence for a period extending over nine years, and to which the inhabitants of tho Brighter Land have ministered through sonic of our best mediums. Mrs. Maine, who is herself far advanced along the path of mortal life, is a noble and devoted advocate of radical and pro gressive reforms and her kind, generous, and sympathetic heart has over constituted bora liberal patron of the sorrowful and oppressed, but even as pure gold is only obtained by the fierce action of the fire, so these noble qualities have been born of doubt and trouble.

For many years an earnest labourer in the Temperance cause, in con nection with which she is well and favourably known in the East End of London, she first had her attention called to the subject of Spiritualism rather more than nine years sinco. Being desirous of obtaining some

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practical demonstration ol the reality of spirit-communion , t visit to Mrs. Mary Marshall, and there obtained Uio foll.>#j.l<! W4 % what remarkable tent. Jfc was customary at Mrs. Marshall's«,!? “'"'c Dial, time for tho spirits to write llioir nutnesupon piecesof w.with whitewash, and hold under the table by one of Uio sitters medium for that purpose. In accordance with this custom, Mrs j j l'1" seloctcd a piece of the prepared glass, and, assisted by Mrs. iVLfji1"1'1 held it under the table, when in a few moments it was l>roug|lt' view and examined, and upon its surface was found traced the "l<<)“ Samuel Gildersleve," being tho name of Mrs. Maine’s father, wh,','*/ passed on some years previously. 'J’ho experiment was repeat^ second time, when was found written, “ John Wesley.” Mrs. J|. had been tho recipient of a vision a low days before this, wj1( John Wesley (I have no doubt ho will pardon the omission"! the Reverend) announced to her that ho was her guide, linneo t|" value of tho two names obtained in lliis remarkable manner, momkJ’ dally w hen wo consider tho oddity of the paternal name. 1}»SU( ' quent coininutiioatioiiB received at different times, Mrs. Maine cam, i, a realisation of the magnitude and imporltineo ol the subject, and sequent ly her house became tho scat of several seances during i,„ week, no less than t hree distinct meetings being held on Sunday !

The labours of Mrs. Maine in tliiH connection wore ably and efficient]., seconded by her daughter, Mrs. Fielder, who has been a medium :J< her life for visions, impressions, &e. Miss Price (now Mrs. Perrin) ag. rendered good service by Iter very excellent physical mediumship, ,,,,, bined with a superior development of the trance. She lias been • valuable instrument in effecting tho conviction of hundreds who l,ltI. witnessed her peculiar powers.

A whole host of other mediums, whose names 1 have no permits!',: to publish, have been instrumental in maintaining tho interest and vulii of these seances.

For the last two years Mr. J. J. Morse, the well-known trance, medium and inspirational speaker, lias attended this lady's weekly seance, and he still continues to do so every Tuesday evening. Other mediums also occasionally attend, and by the different phases of mediumship thus brought together, an element of variety is infused into these gatherings. These meetings aro held every Tuesday ovenitig at nine o'clock, the admission to which is and always has b. free, the incidental expenses having been defrayed during the very long period above referred to by Mrs. Maine. Might I not suggest to t!: Spiritualists in tho East of London and parts adjacent the propriety o. recognising the valuable services rendered to the cause of truth by Mrs. Maine in some fit and proper manner ?

I trust that this suggestion may be sufficient to inaugurate tux which I am sure Mrs. Maine deserves, and which we have a right to award—a graceful recognition of the labours of the workers in the vine- yard of life.

EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENA.To the Editor of the Medium and Daybreak.

Sir ,—Messrs. Herne and Williams have asked me to send you a short account of a light seance which I had with them a few days ago, at two o'clock p.m., which I am happy to do, if it bo only as a slight acknow ledgment of the courteous treatment I received from those gentlemen.

The most remarkable feature of the seance was tho movement of dit- ferent articles of furniture without contact (in bright light, of course The table—an unusually solid oval table, standing on a pedestal wits four supplementary legs—was strongly tilted several times, twice while I was sitting underneath it. When it was desired to be light, I lifted i: on my side with an exertion of force equal to about half a pound; when told to be heavy, it required a force of ninety or a hundred pounds to move it (as I since found, experimentally, with weights). The sofa was twico brought over to tho table with a rush, from a distance of about three feet. A chair about live feet behind Mr. W., and several chairs three and four feet behind Mr. H., were also brought up to the table. These movements were sudden and violent, such as might be produced by letting go a powerful india-rubber door-spring which had been previously stretched between the articles moved and the legs of the table if tho latter were fixed to the iloor. But of door-springs or any other machinery there was not a trace, and tho table was not fastened to the floor. The guitar and two speaking-tubes were now placed under tin table, and these moved and touched my legs; and, while looking under the table, I saw the guitar jump, and tho trumpets roll backwards and forwards, without any apparent motive force. 1 afterwards caught hold of a tube that was touching me, and this was pulled away with great force. A tubo which Mr. TL held downwards over the edge of the table, opposite to me (his hand being abovo the table), was taken from him and instantly put in my hand, held in a similar position (I may mention that the two tubes used were dissimilar in several respects, and I noticed that tho same tubo came to my hand that left Air. H.s: moreover, thero was no noise of a tube having been dropped by Mr. II.). Two rings were conveyed from Mr. H.’s hand, hold just under the edgo of tho table, to Mr. W.'s hand, hold in a similar position (a distance of about six feet). My overcoat and hat, which I thought 1 liatl de posited in a safe corner (tho hat being a now one), were thrown violently across tho room, and my umbrella made a vicious dash at Mr. H. from another corner. A cloth having been put on the table, and the mediums

j having approached their chairs to mine, the cloth was raised at the ed;>' some four inches high, by what purported to be a hand, the point raised being at least two and a half feet beyond tho reach of either medium's foot, Tho voico of John King made itself heard t wico during the seanco, but I don’t dwell much upon that, ns it might be attributed to ven triloquism. I may add that the mediums, at my request, tried various other experiments, which, though affording evidence of the presence of some strange power, I forbear to mention, its they were only partially successful. During the seanco, tho hands of both the mediums were full in view, being placed well upon the (able. At tho c'. se of tho light seance, wo adjourned for a few minutes to tho dark room; there we sat facing each other, Mr. H.’s two hands held in one of mine, Mr. W.'s hands in my other hand, both Mr. H.’s legs pressed against the sides of o h o of my legs, both Mr. W.’s legs pressed against my other leg. Im mediately I Felt a chair rubbed over my forehead and head, and the voice of John King spoke from various parts of the room, and (at my request) apparently several feet behind and away from the mediums.

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As several articles ot' furniture began to move rather violently at this point, wo inado a precipitate retreat into the light.

In this account of my seance I have rather understated the phenomena for fear of being led into unwitting exaggeration, and I havo no remark to make except this, that it is a surprising thing that the opportunity afforded bv the strange and raro power, or gift, possessed by Messrs. Herne and' Williams is not greedily seized upon by men who have made tho observation of phenomena and the estimation of evidence a speciality, even if for no other object than to seek for some clue to the hitherto unexplained marvels of magic, witchcraft, &c.—Yours obediently,

February I’d , 1872. R - H a u t e .[If all Investigators adopted the common-senso precautions of our

correspondent, two evils would bo averted—to wit, it would bo no longer necessary to slander mediums as cheats, and it would be impossible for mediums to impose upon their clients, even if willing so to do. We are glad to hear of the further development of Messrs. Herne and Williams's mediumsbip. I t is the highest testimony to their faithful ness.—E d . H . ]

COMMUNION W ITH DEPARTED FRIENDS.To the Editor o f the Medium and Daybreak.

Sir ,—I have been, as you know, for the last seven months a diligent student, at Mr. Morse’s Friday seances, of the phenomena of “ trance ” communications as methods of conveying information of a philosophic and intellectual character. But only within the past few weeks have I been brought into personal contact with the same phenomena as methods of communication between the living and those relations whom we have been pleased to suppose the dead ; and as my experiences may possess ar. interest for inquirers similarly circumstanced, I will, with your per mission, relate a small portion of them.

In November, 1852, I was travelling through the Black Forest, between Melbourne and Kyneton, and (a common circumstance there, especially in those times) camped out one night, and slept under a tree. In the morning, just as dawn was breaking, I suddenly awoke with an uneasy consciousness of impending danger. I found some ruffianly- looking fellows bending over me, who awkwardly excused their intrusion, and professed to have been attracted to the spot by a desire to light their pipes at the nearly extinguished fire. These are small circum stances, but they were burned into my memory by an impression I could not account for, nor yet get rid of, that my awaking had delivered me from an impending danger. But there had been no occasion for many years for me to remember the circumstance, and it had long ceased to come up in my memory. Now, premising that I and my history are wholly unknown to everyone connected with spiritualistic circles in London, I come to the second part of the story. On. 30th January last,I went—in pursuit of my inquiries into Spiritualism—to Mr. Robson’s. There I met, for the first time, a lady who informed me that she was herself a trance medium, and who kindly offered, if I desired to investi gate, to give me a private seance. I called on her accordingly, and at our third sitting a “ control” introduced itself correctly by name as that of my sister who had died eleven years before I was born. I, as may be supposed, had never thought, of this sister at all. She said she had been my guide all my life, bad been by my side like a shadow wherever I had gone, and had protected me when my life was in danger. I asked to what circumstance she referred, as I was not aware that my life was ever in danger, and she described graphically all the circum stances that I have above narrated, with the further information that the men whom I found around me on awaking believed that I bad money or gold in the thing on which my head was pillowed, and pur posed taking my life to secure it, and that she and others with her had deterred them from the execution of this purpose by presenting terrible pictures to their minds !

At the same sitting I mentioned to her a family in Australia with whom I resided for some time in 1868, and I asked her if she had been with me then. The reply was:—“ Oh yes; I was with you as you used to walk with the children on those broad garden-paths ; and as the stars came out of the yellow twilight you used to tell them of the difference between fixed stars and planets, and show them Orion’s belt. I was by, and heard it all.”

Now, I could not myself have described more accurately the circum stances, the conversation, and the features of the time of these twilight walks of mine in Victoria in 1868, and the details are true of myself and the children of the family I specially referred to only.

These are the best illustrations—though only a small part of a large total—of test communications received by me through the mediumship of Mrs. Olive, who, mv professing sister informs me, is an instrument peculiarly adapted for the transmission, of communications of a sym pathetic and family nature.—Ever yours, j). x.

MR. COGMAN’S JUBILEE.A numerous and hearty audience met to celebrate Mr. Cogman’s

jubilee at Mr. Orson’s Hall, New Road, Commercial Road East, on Wed- nesdav evening of last week. We were pleased to see many of the very oldest friends of the movement present, and a fair selection of Spiritualists of all classes and from the various metropolitan districts. Mrs. Maltbv, Mrs. Carlisle, Mrs. G. Powell, and other ladies of the committee served an excellent tea to a much larger number of visitors than they had expected. After tea the hall was re-arranged, and Mr. J. Burns opened the meeting by taking the chair. He said the genius of Spiritualism was very strikingly manifested in the object which had brought them together. Mr. Cogman was not a great warrior ; he had taken no lives ; he had rather aided in preserving health. Ho was not laden with academical honours, but professed to be uneducated. He was not occupying an elevated social position, but was simply a working man. He did not by any means profess to be rich ; and yet a numerous and respectable audience bad met together to do him honour. Why did they do so ? I t was because they perceived in him and mankind generally qualities which the world usually overlooked. Mr. Cogman administered to the spiritual enlightenment of the time, and in recog nising this fact that meeting entirely reversed tho general opinion of society as to what would constitute merit in tho coming age. Then, die person who enlightened and elevated his fellow-man would be

considered tho greatest, while the avaricious, the warrior, and the proud would be obliterated by neglect.

After some music from the Misses Maltby, Mr. Shorter was called upon. He briefly contrasted the success of that meeting with a similar one which ho had attended fifteen years ago. I t had been said that the rank was simply the guinea stamp, but the man was the gold. Ho thought their friend was made of the right m etal; and Spiritualism owed its position to tho faithful labours of such men. Mr. Cogman had devoted himself unremittingly to this movement during the last seven years, and that evening was an occasion of thanksgiving for what had been accomplished, and the joyous hopes of future progress. All honour to those who had worked through good and evil report. Mr. Cogman might not require any such acknowledgment, but it did them good thus to recognise faithfulness and worth. Such meetings knit the bonds of sympathy closer, and brought soul nearer to soul, obliterating those petty jealousies and alienations which oftentimes mar the progress of the best of movements. Such expressions of regard for each other unite men with the better inhabitants of higher worlds, and dovelope that unselfish feeling which is the strength of the spiritual movement.

Messrs. Allen and Burgess sang a duet.Mr. J. H. Powell, though suffering very much from ill health,

managed to be present, and made a very energetic speech. I t is to be regretted that his health will not permit him to address the public frequently. He had been at some of Mr. Cogman’s earliest seances, and remembered with pleasure the many beautiful speeches given through his daughter while in the trance. Spiritualism had to him disarmed all fear of death, which he regarded as a beautiful angel to direot our steps to a more pleasing abode.

“ The Charity Dinner ” was recited by a gentleman with good effect. Mr. Morse, in his normal state, testified to the kindness and care of Mr.

Cogman towards young mediums under development. There had been some dispute as to who developed him ; but he recognised two agents in that work, whom he would call his spiritual father and mother. These were Mr. Cogman and Mrs. Maine. He also claimed some relationship to Mrs. IIopps, mother of the Rev. John P. Hopps, for she had held the first interview with him on the subject. Then he sat with Mr. Cogman and was influenced, and afterwards gained power and development with Mrs. Maine. He suggested the establishment of an association to promote the cause of Spiritualism in that district.

Miss Wooderson sang a song.Mr. Goss expressed hi's indebtedness to Mr. Cogman for all be knew

of Spiritualism, and then gave an account of the “ orthodox church of the Spiritualists.”

Miss Maltby sang a song.The Chairman now stated that they had approached the climax of the

proceedings. The present meeting was convened for the purpose of expressing confidence in Mr. Cogman, and sympathy with him in his work. I t was not by any means a profitable occupation. The holding of seances entailed many expenses, while the returns were at no time equal to the trouble and waste incurred. The ladies of the committee hud recognised this difficulty, and determined on making a presentation to their friend. The speaker regretted that this matter had not been made more known, as no doubt many would gladly have contributed thereto had it been mentioned at the beginning and steadily kept before the public. He stated that those who desired to take part in the pre sentation might do so at the close of the meeting, or at any time con venient to them. He also referred to the proposition to establish an association or institution in that district. He thought Mr. Cogman was eminently fitted to promote the objects of such an association. Indeed, Mr. Cogman’s meetings had been the most valuable of institutions during the last seven years. But, by enlarging the sphere of operations and providing a larger hall in which public meetings and lectures might be held and where literature might be obtained, the cause of Spirit ualism could be very much promoted. He concluded his remarks by presenting Mr. Cogman with a pile of books as the nucleus of a library for the new institution. He then called upon Mrs. Carlisle to make the presentation on behalf of the ladies’ committee, whereupon the said lady handed to Mr. Cogman a handsome purse of money.

In reply, Mr. Cogman said he felt at a loss to express his gratitude for the great kindness of the donors, and to those who had honoured him by attending that meeting. No thanks were due to him personally, for if anything he said was worthy of appreciation, to the spirits alone should thanks be offered. He was simply a vessel in this modern sanc tuary. Once upon a time he was an Atheist and a sceptic to spiritual influences until the power came upon himself. Such a large gathering on that evening astonished him. The knowledge of having so many friends overcame him with emotion ; for, through Spiritualism, his family had turned their backs upon him, with but one exception. He had been in the school of Spiritualism seven years, and now he felt he had much to learn. Yet he was overflowing with joy to know that by this science union with the so-called dead had been established as a fact.

After a song from Miss Wooderson,Mr. Morse was controlled by his spirit-guide, Tien-Sien-Tie. He

tendered the hearty thanks of the spirit-world for the generous co-opera tion which had taken place in connection with the evening's proceedings. He recognised in Mr. Cogman a worthy instrument, and said the spirits joined with those assembled in testifying as to_ the devotion with which he had applied himself to the work of Spiritualism during the past seven years. The spirit gave a very beautiful speech, which we have not space to report, and was succeeded by the “ Strolling Player,” who, after some conversation, recited a passage from “ Hamlet.”

Mr. Steele, of the Clerkenwell Association, said he had known Mr. Cogman for about eight years. He first met him as a lecturer on Phrenology, and introduced the subject of Spiritualism to him. Mr. Cogman afterwards visited some seances in which Mr. Steele took part, and thus became acquainted with the subject of Spiritualism.

Mr. Wallace, one of the earliest mediums in London, was then con trolled, and a very beautiful speech was given through him. The spirit urged upon his hearers the necossity of knowing more of the nature of mediumship, and not go back to the superstitions of past. ages. As man wills, so is ho operated on by spirits. This is called internal breathing. Man does not think of himself; externally, objects operate on his senses, stimulating thought. The spirit magnetism on the inner brain excites another series of thoughts. Man should live always us if

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THK MKD11M AND DAY HUN AK, 83M Uh'M 1, 1ST:

WOlikS H\ KMMA 11VKP1NGE.MOPl'KN VMKIIUWN Sl'lN'lTl’ VI.ISM : n Twenty Year*’

r - ml of the Communion between U'11'1'1 ,,n'‘ t 'u' ' ' *’rld >'• 'Spirits.;,n- volume. largo octal". of tU'O UW'vs. >'» ‘"'"'d paper.

f.u.nl haintsomo Do;!.. Availed edgvs. N.porblv and pro usoly illudrated with I'm,, portraits on stool, wood engravings, litho graphs, «!U\ 1’vioo los

Vn'th'v > H'io’i on oommon paper and without stool portraits, with k - m * AVa-y for ^ »• * »

. ,<hor o>lnion in If* Xmnbors, prico H \l. o ikTi, On common paper* bin " i:!l t*'° l'*rtt<>s !'ud uluatratious.

CON TEN PS:y . i ,v . ./ t v '" * 'V <•/ A. J. Davis. Preface, Introduction, and

chapters l , t S .Y>.2. o .. o 3. b. BairvAx, and chapters 4, }*, d, 7.

X ;••'.•!. r 4 ; NV:>-:f .<t,r.yrapA#, and chapters 8 , 9 , 1 ( \ 1 1 .X.,, 4 . o' .. ; • Pkovvssok Uak*. and chapters 12,13, 14.X.- > o' i s . , i'oK.4 I.. V S ,v n , and chapters IS, Id, 17, 18.Y< 3 . o . . Mrs. M wm an, chapters 19, 20, 21.V 7. o' - in v . Kara Fox., chapters 23. 93, >4.S...$, o'...: !'■ '.u iso . Vviuv H.Uiin^iss, chapters 20. 2d, 27.Bo ;i O'” . i : 0 » o , "TlW l.KiHVNiso Pniiosovumt," chapters 23, i

SK 3aB... to i ' ... Dia o u a m or rus Smaiias, chapters 31, 32. 33, 34.>o.t'. o' ■ • ' . y . iloraiisoK Ta i .i m Anon, chapters, 35, Stf, 3 7 ,3 8 J

12. o' . Piiomssou M u ss, chapters 30. 40, 41.>o 13 o . . . " ■•....• . Ovivis I' I'MONns, chapters 42, 43.\o .l4 o'... C11AU.1.KS PiuruuH ia chapters 44. 45,46.>.\ 14, o' . . Pie. 0. K. Nk w t o x , chapters 47. 43. 40.

Ki l l's ro UK OBSKRVKD FOR T1IS SPIRIT-CIRCLE.See jested in p'". bv experience and ohe«'rvatiou; but still more im- v . i . v . . r m i ’ied under the direction and impression o f spirits. Price Id. At a nominal price in quantity tor distribution.

TEN S H R H T A l. COMM AN CM KNTS. Given by the spirits! through Knvv.a U0.rdin.4e. with the " Creed of the Spirits." Is. per llH).1 Ar.y quantities w ith the name o f society inserted by arrangement,

THK WILDFIRE CLUB. 7s. txl.SIX LECTURES OX THEOLOGY AXP NATURE, be.

THK PKOGKVSSIV K L IB R A R Y eontainsaH works on Spiritualism | Annual s u b s c : o n 21s. VU publieations on Spiritualism , and in formation respecting mediums, seances, and the movement generally, 1 wav bo obtained from 3. R v k s s . publisher. Progressive Library and 1 Spiritual l'.'.stttution, lb , Southampton Kow. London, W .C.

C H O C O L A T I N EI I■■ veeomniendcd hs a beverage lor Spiritualists, being tree from th a t

injurious action 011 the nervous system caused In t,>a and collee, 011 which account Modiums are often forbidden to use them. It. is pure ami perfectU soluble, and there is said to be sufficient in a sixpenny packet to m ate twenty live cups of cocoa. It lias received most, favour-

I able notices from the'M edical 1'iv-s, and Sritn fi/ir (>j<i;:.vu says - •‘TUia i hocolalme 1 , vastly more suitable for patients suffering from gastric

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price It's. Small sire, measures 5J Ins. by JJ ins., price as.ViOUKr I n k . Beautiful and permanent in colour. In Bottles at ad., ad., and Is.

London t J . Bo h n s , 15, Southampton Kow, W.C.

SEANCES IN LONDON DURING THE WEEK.Satvui'ay. M vhoii 2. A Special Keanee for Spiritualists, by Messrs. Homo

and \\ iHiams, at their litvmj, 01, Lamb's Couduit Street, at 7 o’clock. Admission, 2 s. txl.

Si Niuv, M il!, it S. Mr. Cogmian’s Seance, 22, Now Road, E., at 7.Mosnav, M.uicu l. Mr. Charles Williams, Healing Medium, at 40, Ada Street,

Broadway, London Fields, at 7.50.Tl’KSPAY. M VHCll 5, South t-omton I’rogrcssivi' Associaiiitn, I'l, l.owcr Stamford

Strmt. Blik'ktVInrs, Bsanoest 7.Seance at Mrs, Maine's, Si't, Betlmal Green Kivtd.

WKPNKSpa y , M VKcn <i. Seance at Mr. Wallace’s, 105, Isltp Street, Kentish Town.

TllVKSl'W. Ma k c ii 7. Dalston Association of Inquirers into Spiritualism Seance at their tw ins. 74. Natarluo Road, Dalston. E.. at S p.m. Par ticulars as to admission of visitors on application to the Secretary.Public seance at 7, Corporation Bow, Clerkemvell, at S. Free.

SEANCES IN THE PROVINCES PEKING THE WEEK.Kk ipAY, MAlien I. lavtaivooi. Psychological Society. at Mrs. Bolin's Tem

perance Hotel, ix Stalford Str,vt.S i NP.vv. M akcii 5. K k u iu i.k y . 10.50 a.m. and 5.50 p .m . Messrs. Shaekloton

and Wright. Trance-Mediums. Children's Progressive Lyceum at 0 a .m . and 2 p.m.Sow unity Bh u k . k , at Mr. W . Robinson's. Causeway Head, Children's Lveeum, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Public Meeting, 6,30 p.11'1. Tranee-Medium, Mr. Wood.B k k u u .i y , Public Meetings, 10.50 a.m., 2.S0 and 0.50 p.m. Tninee Medium. Mr. Illingworth.Bow tw o . Spiritualists' Meeting Room, 2, SO and 0 p.m. Hall Lane, 2 and 0 p.m.M ANCilKsrKK, Euion Chambevs. 15, Dickenson St.. Mount St., at 2.50. COWMS, at George' Holdrr'yd's, at 0 p.m.11 ton's l vv ' Exp. 0 a.m. and 0 p.m. Tranee-Mtxliutns Mr. J. Crane and Mrs. N. Wilde.

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— Vi.' S . lew l.c\ Inter Nature lavturv'rs, Pivachors, am i lilocu- t.c'c.-.sts Nature's Muniors- Hte IVisvlom of l.ovo— W hat do Wo Mean

i torsion: Vv Power, and WisvU'in Rev. 3. Selby M atson's1 hi Board the Largv' Ship—Zero is no “ Thing " of Solids,

L . .res. tiase- V s. Caroline Bray's Ajvlcgy for Evil. \ c .J. Bi i;n s , lo, Se'uthampton Row, London, W.C.

TESTIMONIAL TO MR. NEWTON CROSLAND.President:

Joint ll.m K ii U v n o l k y , Eso . L L.l)., F .L .3. V ice-President:

3 \ v v k i Ca k t k k H a l l Es o ., E.S.A. T reasurer:

TH* R*T. Oi u k l r s Uoe.vus, 1 L.D.. F.S.A., Soot. Secretary:

W. C. Hm u k n . Esg.. E.11.3.

Gl vsuow, Whyte’s Temperance Hotel, Candleriggs, at 0.50.G.vwmoKi'K. Spiritualists' Meeting Room, 2.50 and 0 p.m. Mrs. S. A. Sw ift and .1. kitseu. Mediums.Mo k i.k y . Mr. t i . Butterfield's. New Searboiv’, Mrs. J . A. Butterfield, mtxiiuni, at 0.50.11 u le w . at the Stannary, 2.50 and 0.50. Mr. Blackburn and Mr. Wood, 9Mun\'- Mediums.Notvinoham. at Mr. Gilpin's Rooms. Long Kow. Children's Lyceum at 0 .4,5 a.m. and 2 p.m. Public meeting at 0.50 pan.Pi'Krsvtor n t. at Mr. G. Smith's. 52. Hertford Stivet, Luid(X'rt. at 0.50.

1 Mo n i' a v , Ma k c ii t. Xuw P k i.i .o n . at Mr. Swain's, at S o’clock.Cr o v pc n , at Gtvrge Street Schoolroom. Lecture by Mr. Sulniau.

Tv k s d a y . Ma k c ii 5. Kk k u u .k y . at 7.50 p.m., at the Lyceum. Trance-Mediums, Mrs. Lucas and Messrs. Wright and Shaekleton.G vwrnoRVK. at Mr. J . Mercer's, at 7.50 p.m. Medium. Miss A. Mercer. So w k k b v Bk iv h ik , at Mr. W. Robinson's, Causeway Head, S p.m.

M t'l'NKst'AV. Ma k c ii 0. Bo w iin c . Spiritualists' Meeting Room, 5 p.m.UitKi s L a n k E n p. J . Crane, Tranee-MAxlium. 7.50 p.m.

I Moki.kv. Mr. Vi, Butterfield's. New Soarbovo’, at 7.50.Tu v k s pa y . Ma k c ii 7. Bo w i.in o , Hall Lane, 7.50 p.m.

G.vw nu'KVK, Spiritualists' Meeting Room, a Developing Circle, at 7.SO. Wis t U .u in r iv e t . Seance at Air. Hull's, Adelaide Street.

*,* Wr will be happy to sumoutuv Seamvs and Meetings in this tabic weekly, l'o be in time, all communications must reach liiis v>tfice by \\ edm-sd.iy morning's (vst.

A G E N T S RYR T H E “ M E D IU M " A N D A L L AYOliKS ON S E lU l I'UALISM A N D PH O O H ESS.4. l.an.-dowtio l o.v.uv. l' tstdowu l'tvrk, Lewisham, s.K.

Siu.—In niaki- g known to you tho ptv(vs.il to present a Public 1 Testimonial to Mr. Newton I'lvslainl for his disinterested sevvuvs in0. 'tmoetioti with the Eltham ir.igoily, the UommittvV cotuvi'o that a; f.c: statement ct'.lv is requitwi. That some one guilt v of nunvier escaped ■■

fi'iction ami punishment is certain. It has boon decided in a ivurt of ii.t: in ctYeving strictures on tho criminal proceedings connected

'' -2a the case Mr. v'lvs’.and stepp'd Ivy end the Ivutnls of legal criticism, 'he v'crntnittiv cannot forget that ho wrote during a jvriod of groat

eNcitciv.cnt. aval that he h:ul in view no object apart from the 0 good. For what he has written he has been subjected by the

P rs,'u tried for the munler to a prosecution for libel, and a civil action. 1 d'o former case tho grand jury ignored the bill: in the latter. Add of ; '-.'.swore awarded, the damages Iving a trifle cenuvuYil with the

hs.fAusland has suffered in a reuse not involving merely freedom of 1

:v';;;” A-r. bm the individual safety of tho lieges. The Committee , A-tercteiv o■r.sider that he deserves public countenance and s\mj'athy., 1 j '!’,:ribtttier.s te the Urosland I'cstimonitvl Fund should lv made (xi\

, ' the treasurer, the Rev. Charles Rogers. LUl'.. Bnowvlowti V illa, i1. a'm ishatu, 3.E.

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onch moment, worn lii.-* Inst on earth, bo that ho m ight be prepared to blend w ith the conditions o f the spirit-world, and enter upon a plane of existence favourable to his progress. A man is no more than Ids expe rience makes him . Take from a man what he loves and knows, and nothing would Is- left ; hence the necessity of loving that which is good and know ing that which is true.

T he m eeting concluded with some music from the ladies, and tho num erous audience seemed highly gratified with the exeruiaes o f the evening, and the occasion which had called them together.

M E SSR S. H E R N E A N D W IL L IA M S'S SO IR E E .On Saturday evening an agreeable and select parly of the personal

friends o f these gent lemon assembled at llioir rooms, (II, Lam bs C onduit Street, to manilest their interest and satisfaction with their public mediwmship. Alter tea a very agreeable programme was gone through. A number of ladies and gentlem en occupied the lim e with singing, music, and recitations, after which a dark seance was held. As the conditions were harm onious, the phenomena assumed a very agreeable aspect. P hysical manifestations were almost absent, and a number of spirits spoke in the audible voice. These voices maintained their individuality in a very remarkable manner, and several o f thorn spoke sim ultaneously. Spirits were also seen and described by persons present, and the former gave evidence of being able to observe what, was transpiring in the dark. I pun the whole the proceedings were very satisfactory; but we regret that the programme contained no recognition ot the purposes for which the meeting was convened, lienee wo are unable to report the aim or object o f the gathering further than our own speculations as above stated.

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tlio sp irit w ithin and by Providence w ithout, into love, know]..,|, wisdom . T he future destiny o f mankind is to enter hades m. ' ill||l call death ; ju st as we leave this world, so wo enter the next, v>‘> meiiou a new era in our existence under different, conditions, fn:(.,| the inconveniences of the human life on earth. Loving«jvirit.-fri»,ti,i" ‘ evor ready to help and instruct t.ho new comers into tho l.nni with Love, W isdom , and Power, in freedom and delight—so lar,ai’t.1111! as they are prepared for th is sacred enjoym ent. When purili,.,| 1 elevated by discipline in /aides, they pass on to the ultimate heave which we at present know nothing.

This brief sketch 1 beg to subm it to your readers in reply t^,, request beforenamod.— W ith duo respect, A Sri;i,nyr'1

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C R O Y D O N .very interesting discussion

A D ISC U SSIO N AT On Thursday evening of last week a very interesting discussion on

Spiritualism took place at George Street Congregational Church School room , Croydon. M r. A. Sulinan opened with a very w ell w ritten paper in favour o f the subject, tho reading of which occupied forty minutes. T he author is quite a young man, and has but recently become ac quainted w ith Spiritualism , so that b is excellent, paper says much for h is industry, intelligence, and natural powers. The audience, w hich was large for a m eeting of the kind, was evidently quite unacquainted w ith the subject, yet they received the paper w ith great attention and respect. A few gentlem en spoke on the opposite side, but as they had not given the subject much previous attention their argum ents were not w eighty. M r. B urns, o f the Progressive Library, who was present, then made a few remarks, which were exceedingly w ell received. After another person bad spoken there was not tim e for M r. Sulinan to reply, and it was unanim ously voted that the discussion should be adjourned t ill another evening, a ll being of opin ion that it had proved of a most interesting character. D iscussions of the kind conducted like the one described above cannot fail to be useful to a ll parties.

T H E W O R K S O F A. J . D A V IS .To the Editor o f the Medium and Dayhrecih.

D e a r Sib,— I trust that the statem ents made by M r. John Jones in your issue of the 9th inst. w ill be the means o f *bringi»g about a wider know ledge of the works of Andrew Jackson D avis. In few m inds has arisen such a com prehensive grasp o f the condition and necessities of our com m on human nature as is contained in the works of th is truly good man.— Y ours faithfu lly , N . K ilb u rn , Ju n .

February 21, 1872.

Bishop A uckland Skanou.— On tho evening o f the 18th of l'V|mi!U.. we bail a v ery enjoyable sitting. Miss Fawcett and Mr. .Mm-It Wf[ controlled by relatives of Mrs. Fawcett. A Iter which, the spirit. <v trolling M r. Meek was requested to go upstairs anil bring the m-i,,! down lor iib w hich lie (Ilie son o f Mrs. Fawcett in spirit-land) |1!w| his bands when lie departed from the (lesli. Accordingly lie took f , medium upstairs and found the desired article, after making a searck through two of the rooms. 1 m ight state that we had a similar t-' through his m ediiiinship before, and that Mr. Meek has not been ip,, stairs in his normal state, nor did he know the thing required. 'J,, sp irit who usually controls M iss Fawcett, having been a surgeon re in earl h-life, and being an experienced spirit, gives us some very in. teresting advice. T he very admirable and accomplished method r w hich lie answers our questions and comm ands t he spirit possessing 1.1 other medium is worthy of remark. Wo have become very pops!.)' w ith our sp irit-friend s; at least, they to ld us that they were going n, make arrangements to enable them to be present with us at the circ!: when wo require them. W e were favoured with delightful breezes m, w hole of the evening.— C aleb K idd, Gurney Villa, February 25, 1872.

“ W il l ia m ILipp” is an ardent, reader of the M e d i u m , not even ever, looking the sm allest paragraph. H e characterises our notice of L ■ doggerel lines— “ A S ocia l, Political, and Satirical R eview ” as “ a brie but pithy extract.” H o knows all about “ humbug,” and rotors m 2, Humorous dictionaries in w hich it is defined. I f be would kindly allow him self to be nom inated professor o f that art, a chair might be obtain'd for him in some o f the m odern institutions about the same tim<- he secures the suppression o f the Medium by law. W e decline Lis no- occupation of conveying b is abuse to the various mediums, and wo ! j ask him what he means by the word “ synonom ous.” W e cannot find it in tho dictionary. W e hope to hear from M r. H ip p again; h correspondence is quite amusing.

T hanks.— I have very great pleasure, on behalf of the Working M en’s Spiritualistic Society, held at 42, New K ing Street, Hull, to acknowledge the g ift o f a parcel o f very handsom ely bound volumes and pamphlets for the use o f the library and for distribution, presented by M r. John Scott, o f Belfast, to whom the members of the above society tender their m ost sincere thanks.— I remain, dear Sir, yours faithfully, Jo h n L . B lan d . [W e shall be glad to have tho further eoonmunica- eations to w hich our correspondent refers.— E d . M .]

A T H E O L O G IC A L SK E T C H .To the Editor o f the Medium and Daybreak.

S ir,— N ot having seen any response to the request o f your corre spondent in the M edium of the 22nd December last, I venture to give one, if you w ill k ind ly perm it its insertion, in hope it may induce some clearer w riter to give a m ore enlarged and correct reply. T he request is th is— “ W ill any sp iritual philosopher, any woman or man, be kind enough to w rite a concise article upon the absolute essentials of religion, or the spiritual and m aterial relation of God to mankind ; man’s duties and blessings arising therefrom ; his present and eternal destiny— entirely ignoring a ll forms and theories o f religion that ever existed— and send it to the E ditor o f the Medium ? ”

I reply. T here is that w hich transcends a ll human thought, and is utterly ineffable. From hence proceeds the triune prim ary essence— L ove, L ight, L ife— the spirit, being, law — w hich I denom inate God, the infinite, im personal, invisible, indivisible, om nipresent D eity , w orthy the adoration and w orship of every creature, being the Causer of all causes, beings, and th ings whatsoever. F rom this infinite Source pro ceeds a ll existence— H um anity, perhaps, being the fullest-adapted recipient. T he D iv ine Love satisfying and enlovening the prepared em o tional w ill, faculties, or affections of mankind. T he D iv ine Light supply in g every want o f the intellectual reasoning and reflective faculties w ith its enlightening influence, inspiration, and increations. T he D ivine Life supplying every w ant o f tho human energies by its indw elling and vitalising power. M ankind is m ade exactly adapted for unity w ith the Creator, to w hich it is destined. R eligion is designed to bring tho divine and human natures together in essential spirit-oneness. The present destiny of hum anity is to work out this unity or marriage E very human act, thought, and feeling should bo devoted to this high and glorious end more or less directly, tho blessed design being m an’s present and eternal salvation from a ll evil. T his pursuit should give d irection and aim to man’s w hole life. T h is true religion is per ceived and proved in daily experience by those who wisely and earnestly love G od. Tho absolute essentials o f religion are an earnest desire to know the D iv in e w ill, and a sincere purpose to bo conform ed to it in every possible m anner, w ith a corresponding endeavour in practice to obey God in a ll th ings. God and m inistering spirits readily supply all other requisites in earth and hades. Every creature, being by its very existence related to its Creator, is an object o f G od’s love and care. T h is religion is the one end and aim of true human life. D uties, dangers, and blessings are always together, ot whatever kind, whether pleasant or painful. Love, W isdom , and Pow er are always together, w ithin and w ithout mankind, working for human good. M ankind is schooled by

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SEANCES IN THE PROVINCES DTURIN& THE WEEK.Fr id a y , M arch 1, L iv erp o o l, Psychological Society, at Mrs. Bohn’s Tem

perance Hotel, 6 , SUfiord Street.Su n d a y , Ma r c h 3, Ke ig h l e y , 10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. Messrs. Shackleton

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Tu e s d a y , Ma r c h 5, Ke ig h l e y , at 7.30 p.m., at the Lyceum. Trance-Mediums, Mrs. Lucas and Messrs. Wright and Shackleton.Ga w t h o b pe , at Mr. J . Mercer’s, at 7.30 p.m. Medium, Miss A. Meicer. So w e b b y Br id g e , at Mr. W. Robinson’s, Causeway Head, 8 p.m.

We d n e s d a y , Ma r c h 6, Bo w l in g , Spiritualists’ Meeting Boom, 8 p.m.Ha g g ’s La n e En d . J . Crane, Trance-Medium. 7.30 p.m.Mo e l e y , Mr. G. Butterfield’s, New Searboro’, at 7.30.

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